This week marks the Penn African Students Association's
AFRICAFEST, an annual weeklong celebration of African
culture with the goals of raising awareness, informing,
and educating here at Penn. For any questions regarding
Africafest programs, please contact Chuma Chike-Obi
at chumac@sas.upenn.edu.

Africafest April 7, 2003 Screening of the 2000 film
"Lumumba" The film will be followed by a
discussion led by Chidinma Ibe. Lumumba is a film
about the rise to power and brutal assassination of
the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of
the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Time: 6:30PM
Place: SHDH (Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall) 1201 3620
Locust Walk

April 17, 2003 "Writing as a Profession in Africa:
Aspects of Literary Craft in a Time of Permanent
Crisis" Ayi Kwei Armah Author of The Beautyful
Ones Are Not Yet Born Time: 3: 00 PM Place: Behrakis
Grand Hall, 32nd and Chestnut Street, Drexel University

CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
4th Annual Conference of the Middle States African
Studies Association "Legacy of Empire: War, Famine
and Poverty in Africa and the Diaspora." West
Virginia State College May 1-3, 2003 Middle States
African Studies Association of West Virginia State
College will host the 4th Annual Conference of the
Middle States African Studies Association entitled,
"Legacy of Empire: War, Famine and Poverty in
Africa and the Diaspora." The conference will
be held May 1-3, 2003.

Women's Songs from West Africa Princeton University
May 2-4, 2003 Women's Songs from West Africa is the
theme of a 3-day conference that will be held May
2-4 at Princeton University. Sponsored by Princeton
in cooperation with Penn State, the conference is
one of the outcomes of a three-year research project
co-directed by Hale and Sidikou-Morton that involves
a team of 20 researchers. Researchers working on any
aspect of women's songs mainly in the Sahel region
that stretches from Senegal eastward to Niger are
invited to participate. The conference will feature
a concert by women singers Saturday, May 3.

For information, contact Thomas Hale at tah@psu.edu
and Aissata Sidikou-Morton at asidikou@princeton.edu.

University of Edinburgh Centre of African Studies Annual
International African Studies Conference "Remaking
Law in Africa: Transnationalism, Persons, and Rights"
Edinburgh, Scotland May 21-22, 2003 The University
of Edinburgh Centre of African Studies will hold the
Annual International African Studies Conference May
21-22, 2003 in Edinburgh. The conference title is
"Remaking Law in Africa: Transnationalism, Persons,
and Rights." In 2003, the Centre's annual international
conference will examine the way that law is embedded
in and shaped by processes that have an impact upon
political, economic, and social development in Africa.

Scholars have observed that law represented the cutting
edge of colonialism in its attempts to control and
govern its subjects while bringing about their transformation
and that of the societies in which they lived. Its
role continued to have a powerful presence in the
postcolonial period when many newly independent countries
turned to law as a form of social engineering within
the nation-state. In recent y ears attention has focused
on globalization as a phenomenon and local communities'
response to it. This has led to a growing recognition
of the importance of transnational forms of law and
ordering derived from diverse sources, including the
World Bank, the European convention on Human Rights,
the WTO, WHO, IMF, African Union and religious movements.
The success and failure of polities and persons'
access to, and use of, law raises questions about
the power and authority to construct meaning at multiple
levels, including local, regional, national and international
domains that intersect with one another in a variety
of ways. This conference aims to explore the ways
in which law operates in different places at different
levels and at different moments in the historical
record, in order to gain a more informed view of the
processes that underpin continuity, transformation
and change.

In the tradition of the Centre, it is hoped that participants
will be drawn from a number of academic disciplines
including history, social anthropology, politics,
economics, health, education and law, as well as from
international agencies, state institutions, NGOs and
development actors.

13th Annual Conference of the Pan African Anthropological
Association Anthropology and the Contemporary Global
Trends University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa June
29-July 4, 2003 Anthropologists as well as other social
scientists should make a concerted effort to understand
the underlying historical and cultural motivations
that contribute to ethnic and religious conflicts so
that they may assist in humankind's understanding
of its existence and the need for cooperation in the
global village. There is a challenge for social scientists
to explore the sub-themes mentioned below. Indigenous
Knowledge Systems Aids/HIV and Health Inequalities
in Africa Gender and Development Issues Sport, Culture
and Tourism The teaching of Anthropology and its future
in the 21st century Ethnicity and Racism issues Perspectives
on NEPAD and AU Poverty and Human Rights Research Ethics
and Methodologies The Conference will be held at the
University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa from
June 29-July 4, 2003.

15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies
July 14-18, 2003 Hamburg, Germany The 15th International
Conference of Ethiopian Studies is organized by the
University of Hamburg, Germany. The thematic focus
will be on the humanities, with several sessions devoted
to various aspects of archaeology, history, religion,
languages, literature, arts, anthropology and social
sciences (including law and politics).

22nd Annual Meeting of Sudan Studies Association "Crossing
Borders: Sudan in Regional Contexts" 3rd International
Conference of SSA, SSUK and IAAS July 31- August 2,
2003 Georgetown University Washington, DC
Deadline for Abstracts: May 1, 2003 The fact that Sudan
shares borders with nine countries (Chad, Libya, Egypt,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire and Central
African Republic) has allowed for the movement of
people across the borders, and it has influenced cross-border
cultural and political interaction. The nature of
such relationships influences both the border zones
and the country at large, particularly when wars and
crises over natural resources occur along political
boundaries. In addition, relationships between Sudan
and its neighbors are not merely limited to border
areas, but such influences could transcend borders
such as in political, social, and economic trends.

The Sudan Studies Association (SSA) seeks proposals
that address various issues (past and present) related
to the relationships between Sudan and it's immediate
neighbors, pertaining, for example, to issues in history,
politics, culture, belief systems, literature, and
relevant fields. SSA welcomes proposals not only from
Sudan specialists, but from experts on neighboring
countries as well.

The Sudan Studies Association has been organizing annual
conferences of academics, policymakers, Sudanese citizens
and other interested persons for over 20 years. Many
previous conference proceedings have been published,
with assistance from the Association and generous donors
such as the Tannenbaum Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
Small stipends are available for assistance to graduate
students for travel. Abstracts of proposed papers
(150-200 words) should receive the Conference Organizer
on or before May 1, 2003. A preliminary program will
be announced on May 15, 2003. Late proposals for papers
will be considered only if space is available. Proposals
and paper abstracts submitted earlier will receive
preferential treatment in scheduling. Acceptance for
presentation will depend on the quality of the abstract
and the judgment of the program committee. For more
information, please visit the Sudanese Studies Association
website at www.sudanstudies.org.

All abstracts for papers and panels should be sent and
received by May 1, 2003 to: Dr. Ali B. Ali-Dinar African
Studies Center University of Pennsylvania 650 Williams
Hall Philadelphia, PA, 19149,USA. E-mail: aadinar@sas.upenn.edu
Tel: 215-898-6610 Fax: 215-573-7379

7th Biennial Scientific Conference on Greater Yellowstone
Ecosystem "Beyond the Arch: Community and Conservation
in Greater Yellowstone and East Africa" Yellowstone
National Park Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming October
6-8, 2003
Deadline for Abstracts: May 1, 2003 >From October
6-8, 2003, the Seventh Biennial Scientific Conference
on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Beyond the Arch:
Community and Conservation in Greater Yellowstone
and East Africa, will be held at the Mammoth Hotel
in Yellowstone National Park.

The goal of this conference is to generate, in non-technical
language, a publicly-oriented discussion of issues
that draw together national parks in the Greater Yellowstone
and East Africa. We will make comparisons and foster
dialogue across boundaries marking the intersections
of global and local, private and public, natural and
cultural, and scientific and social. Managers, scientists,
policymakers, and the public will come together to
discuss and consider the interdependence of both nature-society
relations and natural and cultural history in local
and global contexts. The conference will promote understanding
of the ecological and social challenges facing parks
in the Greater Yellowstone and East Africa, and initiate
the development of useful strategies for sustaining
the national park idea at the dawn of the 21st century.
The conference is interdisciplinary in nature.

To submit an abstract, please fill out the abstract
submission form found at http://www.nps.gov/yell/technical/conference2003/onlineabstractform.htm.
Abstracts are due by May 1, 2003 and should be no
more than 250 words in length. Please specify which
of the sessions listed above your proposal fits into.
Selected presenters will be notified by June 1, 2003.
Abstracts will be published in the conference agenda
booklet. Sponsors of this special event include: National
Park Service (www.nps.gov) Yellowstone Association
(www.yellowstoneassociation.org) Big Sky Institute
(http://bsi.montana.edu) Montana State University (www.montana.edu)
American Studies Program (http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/AMS)
Environment and Natural Resources Institute and Research
Office (www.uwyo.edu/enr/enrschool.HTM) or (http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/Research)
University of Wyoming (www.uwyo.edu) Draper Museum
of Natural History (www.bbhc.org/dmnh/index.cfm) Buffalo
Bill Historical Center (www.bbhc.org) Global Livestock
Collaborative Research Support Program (http://glcrsp.ucdavis.edu)
USAID (www.usaid.gov).

For more information, please visit http://www.nps.gov/yell/technical/conference2003/mission.htm

Orality and Literacy III: Memory International Conference
Rice University, Houston, Texas October 10-12, 2003
Deadline for Abstracts: June 1, 2003 The Rice Conference
is the third of a series of three annual conferences
dealing with issues of orality and literacy that have
been organized under the auspices of the University
of Natal, South Africa (Jonathan Draper), the Free
University of Brussels (Baudouin Decharneux) and now
Rice University (Werner Kelber). In August 2001 this
series of conferences was launched at the University
of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa under the
topic Orality and Literacy I: Colonialism. The second
conference was convened in October 2002 at the Free
University of Brussels and entitled Orality and Literacy
II: The World of the Spirits. The Rice conference
will commence on Friday, Oct. 10th, at 7 pm with a
keynote address by Prof. Isidore Okpewho, SUNY at
Binghamton.

Memory and remembering are presently much in vogue in
the humanities and social science discourses. We experience
the revival of a topic that has played a principal
civilizing role in human culture. A steadily growing
body of disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies
has developed around memory. In view of this scholarly
development, one cannot escape the impression that
memory has risen to the status of paradigmatic significance
in the humanities and social sciences. Recent work
on memory has interfaced with orality-literacy studies
in fruitful ways. Oral cultures assign memory certain
roles and functions in the context of mobilizing cognitive
processes and techniques of knowledge retention. Subsequent
media, ranging from chirographic to typographic to
electronic communication, reconfigure knowledge management
and revise modes of memories individual and collective
arbitrations.

Papers from all cultural settings are welcome. In this
spirit, we extend a special invitation to colleagues
from Africa and Asia. As far as the Western tradition
is concerned, papers dealing with antiquity, the Middle
Ages, modernity and post-holocaust studies will all
be considered. Moreover, we take orality-literacy
in the broadest sense of media studies or technologies
of communications. That is to say, we ask for consideration
of some interconnectedness between memorial practices
and communications media, be they orality, chirography,
typography, electronic media or artistic representations.
Topics may range widely from mnemotechnics to historiography
as a memory issue, from testimonies to acts of violence
to holocaust remembrances, from memories contribution
to national and ethnic identity to the ethics of remembering,
from memory and imagination to memory and meditation,
from lieux de mÈmoire to artifacts as memorial
representations, from oral poetry and epics to repetition
and recollection as moments of memory, to mention but
a few items. We shall try to group presentations
according to cultural provenance and/or topicality.

Please submit abstract of no more than 200 words to
either Elias Bongmba, bongmba@rice.edu or Werner Kelber,
kelber@rice.edu. Please include two bibliographical
items that are crucially relevant to your paper. Notification
of acceptance is June 15.

Please direct inquiries to Werner H. Kelber, kelber@rice.edu
or Elias Bongmba bongmba@rice.edu or visit the Rice
University Center for the Study of Cultures website
at http://www.culture.rice.edu/

Russian Academy of Sciences Center for Civilizational
and Regional Studies Institute for African Studies
3rd International Conference "Hierarchy and Power
in the History of Civilizations" June 18-21 2004
Moscow, Russia Deadline for Abstracts: December 1,
2003 Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies
in cooperation with the Institute for African Studies
(both under the Russian Academy of Sciences) is organizing
in Moscow on June 18-21 2004 the Third International
Conference "Hierarchy and Power in the History
of Civilizations." For more information about
the first two Conferences (Announcements, Programs,
electronic versions of the Books of Abstracts and
journal reviews) please visit the Center for Civilizational
and Regional Studies Internet site at the address
http://civreg.ru . At this site one may also get acquainted
with the history and activities of the Center. The
address of the Institute for African Studies? Internet
site is http://inafr.ru

The working languages of the Conference are Russian
and English.

The Organizing Committee has considered all the panel
proposals received by it. The descriptions of
the accepted proposals please find below. The deadline
for paper proposals (in the form of abstracts within
300 words in English or both English and Russian)
is November 1, 2003. Paper proposals should be sent
not to the Organizing Committee but directly
to the respective panel convenors who are to inform
the applicant about his application's fortune by
December 1, 2003. The information to be submitted
alongside with the paper abstract includes full
name, title, institutional affiliation, full mail and
e-mail addresses, and fax #.

However, in the case you feel your paper does not fit
any particular panel but corresponds to the Conference
general problematique, you may submit your proposal
to the Organizing Committee by the same date (November
1, 2003) and it will be considered for scheduling
for the Free Communication Panel.

PANELS ACCEPTED FOR THE CONFERENCE (In the alphabetical
order of titles):

Alternativity in Cultural History: Heterarchy and Homoarchy
as Evolutionary Trajectories Art, Struggle, Survival
and Change Civil Society, Civil Education and
Cultural Identity in the Time of Globalization
Comparing the State in Africa: The Drama of Modern
Development Divine Politics and Theocracy: Religion
as a Power Mechanism in the Greco-Roman World
Ethnic Model of Power Legitimation in the
Political Practice of Contemporary Multiethnic
States and Quasi-States From Antiquity to the Middle
Ages: Transformation of Political Structures and Social
Institutions A la demande de l'organisateur de la
section vous pouver faire votre contribution non seulement
en anglais ou en russe, mais aussi en francais.
Pour obtenir l'information sur la section en langue
francaise contactez, s'il vous pl#it, avec son organisateur.
Hierarchy and Power in Dates of Archaeology Hierarchy
and Power in Science: An Oxymoron? Hierarchy and Power
in the Postcolonial World Hierarchy, Power, and Ritual
in Pre-Columbian America Ideology and Legitimation
of Power in Ancient and Medieval Societies Legitimation
of Public Authorities in the Politically Transient
Societies of Eastern Europe Markets and Hierarchies
in the History of Civilizations Models of Government
in the Late Classical and Hellenistic World Money,
Currency and Power, with focus on Africa A
la demande de l'organisateur de la section
vous pouver faire votre presentation pas seulement
en anglais ou en russe, mais et en fran/ais.
Pour recevoir l'information en fran/ais sur la section
contactez, s'il vous pl#it, avec son organisateur.
New Crises and New Wars in the Periphery: The
Role of
the Global Movement of Ideas and Capital Patterns
of Hierarchy and Power in Southeast Asia Power as "Great
Mystery" Propaganda, Protest and Violence: Revolutions
in the East and the West Religion and Ethnicity
between Legitimation and Dissent in the Premodern
Muslim World Studying Political Centralization Cycles
as a Dynamical Process The Order of Things: Material
Culture, Practice and Social Status Role of the Evolutionary
Theory in the Political History of the 20th Century

SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
CODESRIA/SEPHIS 2003 Extended Workshop on Social
History Labor, Gender, Class and Ethnicity September
22-October 12, 2003 Dakar, Senegal Deadline for Applications:
July 15, 2003 The third CODESRIA/SEPHIS Extended Workshop
on New Theories and Methods in Social History will
be held from September 22 to October 12, 2003. The
theme for the 2003 session is Labor, Gender, Class
and Ethnicity. The Workshop will be organized around
the comparative experiences of Africa, Latin America,
Asia and the Caribbean.

The aim of the Workshop is to bring together about 15
young historians for a period of three weeks of joint
reflection, knowledge building and training. The participants
will follow a program designed to permit them to share
experiences improve on the theoretical and methodological
quality of their work. The main objective of the Workshop
is to promote discussion and debate on recent methodological
and theoretical developments in Social History. To
this end, participants will be encouraged to carry
out their reflections in a comparative perspective.
Within this framework, participants will also be offered
practical support in sharpening their skills on how
to write an article, plan a research project, and
submit a research proposal for funding.

The workshop will be held in Dakar, Senegal. CODESRIA
will provide a stimulating and pleasant environment
within which participants selected can work. The Council
will also take care of the air travel, accommodation,
and local transport expenses of the participants.
Furthermore, a subsistence allowance to cover living
expenses will be provided. Local excursions will be
organized for the laureates in order to make their
stay more enjoyable.

The workshop is open to PhD students registered in Southern
universities, i.e., Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and
Latin America. Applications should include the following:
A Curriculum Vitae (maximum of two pages) A letter
certifying that the candidate is enrolled for a PhD
course at a university in the South A research proposal
outlining the candidate's current research project,
including the methodology that is being employed or
considered (at most four pages), A sample of the applicant's
work (a draft paper, a draft research proposal or
a draft thesis chapter) A letter from the thesis supervisor
indicating why this workshop could be of importance
to and interest for the applicant.

Applications must be written in English. The deadline
for the submission of applications is 15 July , 2003.
An international scientific committee will select
the candidates by 15 August, 2003. Successful applicants
will be notified immediately after the completion
of the selection process. Incomplete and unnecessarily
lengthy applications will not be taken into consideration.
All faxed and e-mailed applications must also be accompanied
by a hard copy original version sent by post if they
are to be considered.

West African Research Association Summer Institute
for College and University Faculty Contemporary Islam
in West Africa: Senegal in Perspective Dakar, Senegal
June 15-29, 2003 As a contribution to the urgent need
to increase American understanding of the Muslim world,
the West African Research Association is offering
this intensive two-week summer institute for college
and university faculty. The institute will be based
at the West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal,
and its focus will be on this important West African
Muslim country noted for its stability, social harmony,
and working democracy. The institute is intended
for faculty who wish to enhance and develop either
teaching or research related to the issue of Islam
in Africa. To the extent possible, the Institute
director and the staff of WARC will help participants
pursue individual interests in making research contacts
or developing teaching materials.

In order to provide as broad a perspective as possible
on the various facets of contemporary Islam in Senegal,
participants will be offered a series of lectures,
seminars and discussion sessions at WARC, with both
Senegalese academics and with various religious leaders
and activists. They will also travel to religious
sites and to "ordinary" non-urban centers
outside of Dakar to examine the practice of Islam in
everyday Senegalese life. An initial three days of
lectures in Dakar is planned, followed by a trip to
the holy city of Touba (center of the Mouride Sufi
order) and to the historical city of St. Louis. Week
Two will include further seminars and talks in Dakar,
as well as a two day trip to other sites, including
a non-urban setting. We will conclude with a day in
a pleasant beach resort in Sali-Portudal.

The cost per participant is $2,500. This fee will include
the full cost of the seminar sessions at WARC (all
lectures and seminars); fourteen days of single-occupancy
hotel accommodations; all local transportation costs;
breakfasts, lunches, and approximately one half of
the evening meals; and all local and in-country transportation.
Participants will be responsible for their own airfare
to and from Dakar; bar, telephone and other incidental
hotel expenses; and occasional evening meals.

Participation in the seminar will be limited to 12.
For more information or an application form please
contact WARA at adamkis@africa.ufl.edu. A $500 deposit
is required to reserve a space upon notification of
acceptance to the institute. This deposit will be
non-refundable after 15 April 2003. The balance of
$2,000 must be paid before the start of the institute.
A detailed program will be sent to all participants
in early May. If you have any questions, please contact
Leonardo A. VillalÛn, director of the Center
for African Studies at the University of Florida and
current President of the West African Research Association.
Leonardo A. VillalÛn Director, Center for African
Studies The University of Florida 427 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115560 Gainesville, FL 32611-5560 Tel: 352-392-2187
Fax: 352-392-2435

Benjamin A Gilman International Scholarship Deadline
for Applications: April 15, 2003 The Benjamin A. Gilman
International Scholarship sponsored by the U.S. Department
of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
and administered by the Institute of International
Education is a program that enables students who have
limited financial means to participate in study abroad
opportunities worldwide. The program provides awards
of up to $5,000 for U.S. citizen undergraduate students
at two-and four-year institutions to pursue semester
or academic-year long study opportunities in other
countries. To be eligible, students must be receiving
a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application and
cannot be studying abroad in a country currently under
a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning. For more
information, application deadlines and the online application,
please access the Gilman Program web site at www.iie.org/gilman
For travel in Fall 2003, the deadline for applications
is April 15, 2003.

The Community Foundation of Dutchess County Stanley
J. Tarver Memorial Scholarship Deadline for Applications:
April 18, 2003 The Community Foundation of Dutchess
County, located in Poughkeepsie, New York, is pleased
to offer the Stanley J. Tarver Memorial Scholarship.
The Stanley J. Tarver Memorial Scholarship Fund was
established by the Tarver family in memory of their
son, Stanley. This fund provides a scholarship to
a graduate student of African descent or an African
American who is matriculating toward a Doctorate or
a Masters Degree in African history and/ or culture,
and who has completed at least one year of graduate
study at a college or university in the United States.
The Stanley J. Tarver Memorial Scholarship will be
a $1,000 per semester award, for a maximum award of
$2,000 per academic year.

Smuts Visiting Research Fellowship in African Studies
Centre for African Studies University of Cambridge
"Resource Rights, Gender and Development"
October 2004 Deadline for Applications: October 1,
2003 The Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University,
with the generous assistance of the Ford Foundation,
Isaac Newton Trust and Smuts Memorial Fund, is pleased
to announce a Visiting Research Fellowships Scheme
to be held at the University of Cambridge on the theme
'Resource rights, gender and development'. Applications
are invited for five Visiting Research Fellowships
to take effect from October 2004, one of which will
be entitled 'Smuts Visiting Research Fellowship in
African Studies'. The maximum duration of a Fellowship
is six months and is non-renewable. Subsequent Fellowships
will be announced to take effect from October of each
year. Applications are invited from all disciplines
and are open to scholars and others in academia, research
institutes, NGOs, museums and libraries. Preference
will be given to candidates with a distinguished research
profile who are permanent residents in Africa and who
have active research interests in the area or areas
advertised for the Fellowships Theme (October 2004)
: Resource rights, gender and development.

The livelihoods of many people in Africa depend upon
rights to natural resources such as water, land and
forest products. On the ground the rights are complex:
some are given by formal government policy and reforms;
some are determined by customary tenure; others are
given by a combination of these. All, in practice,
are highly gendered: under customary tenure regimes
women tend to have only secondary rights to resources,
and the extent to which women benefit from natural
resource rights policy reforms may be limited.

The Centre of African Studies invites applicants for
its Research Fellowships from men and women who propose
research which examines the gendered dimension of
access to resources, the importance of this for livelihoods,
and the constraints and opportunities of intervening
in tenure regimes of different kinds. Proposals that
explore dimensions of this theme, in a rural or urban
context in Africa, are encouraged. The closing date
for completed applications is 1 October 2003 and applications
received after this date will be declined.

For further information on this fellowship and future
fellowship themes see http://www.african.cam.ac.uk/applicationpackage/applicationpackage.html

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES Contemporary
Africa: Challenges, Realities, and Renaissance Institute
for Teachers University of Kansas June 9-20, 2003
The University of Kansas African Studies Resource Center
presents a two-week Institute for teachers. The title
is "Contemporary Africa: Challenges, Realities,
and Renaissance." This institute is recommended
for any teachers, educators, or graduate students
who teach and learn about Africa in their classrooms,
or who seek quality information and thought-provoking
discussion about different aspects of African culture
and societies.

It's designed to address challenges and problems encountered
in learning and teaching about Africa. Using a multi-faceted
teaching approach, including presentations, panel
discussions, demonstrations, video illustrations,
and hands on library research. Specific topics of
study will include teaching resources and methodology,
current African issues (media stereotypes, women,
health, human rights, ethnic conflicts, politics,
and HIV/AIDS); plus culture, languages, music/dance,
literature, and religion. A visit to see African
art collections at Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas
City is planned as well as featuring teaching resources
available at the Kansas City Zoo and Kansas University's
Museum of Anthropology. The closing day will include
an elaborate ceremony featuring culture, music, dance,
and foods of the people of the Horn of Africa, namely
Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia.

For more information, contact Khalid El-Hassan, at (785)
864-1064; e-mail: elhassan@ku.edu A $40 materials
fee along with completed registration form may be sent
to: African Studies Resource Center University of
Kansas 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm 10 Lawrence, KS 66045-7574

Late registration after June 1, 2003 is $45.

Summer Cooperative African Language Institute (SCALI)
Ohio University June 23-August 8, 2003 >From June
23rd through August 8th, Ohio University in Athens
will host the national Summer Cooperative African
Language Institute (SCALI). This intensive 7-week
institute will provide the equivalent of 1-year of
African language instruction with exposure to the
culture and traditions associated with the chosen
language. SCALI is funded by the US Department of
Education and offered collaboratively by the Title
VI National Resource Centers for African Language
and Area Studies. These include: Indiana University,
African Studies Program Michigan State University,
African Studies Center Stanford University, Center
for African Studies University of California, Berkeley,
Center for African Studies University of California,
Los Angeles, African Studies Center University of
Florida, Center for African Studies University of
Illinois, Center for African Studies University of
Kansas, African Studies Resources Center University
of Pennsylvania, African Studies Consortium University
of Wisconsin, African Studies Program Yale University,
Council on African Studies

JOB OPPORTUNITIES Africa Programme
Manager: Open Knowledge Network Application Deadline:
April 17, 2003 The Open Knowledge Network, www.openknowledge.net,
is an initiative of the G8 Digital Opportunity Taskforce
(DOTForce) linking together existing grassroots information
and knowledge-sharing initiatives to promote both
the creation and the exchange oflocal content as widely
as possible across the South, supported by a range
of different information and communication technologies
(ICTs). The programme is coordinated by OneWorld
International and its network of southern offices.

The Africa Programme Manager will lead the development
of the OKN, managing programme planning, coordination
and implementation. In order to deliver the vision
of a sustainable network located in independent organisations
the post-holder will need to develop collaborative
relationships within Civil Society, the Private sector
and Government in at least three separate African
sub-regions. To apply, email jobs@oneworld.net for
an application pack. No CVs. Application packs should
be sent by email. Deadline for completed application
forms: April 17, 2003. Interviewswill be held in early
May, by phone for overseas candidates. Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.

Harvard University: African Languages Director Deadline
for Applications: April 30, 2003 The Harvard University
Department of Afro-American Studies invites applications
for appointment as Professor of the Practice or Senior
Preceptor to direct the new African languages program
at Harvard. The appointment is anticipated to begin
July 1, 2003, though a later date is possible, and
is for a 5-year renewable term. Ph.D. strongly preferred.
Duties include the design and direction of a program
of instruction in African languages and the teaching
of two African languages. Requirements include demonstrated
excellence in teaching, experience in directing a
language program, a strong record of publication in
a relevant field such as language pedagogy, African
linguistics, applied linguistics, or African literature,
and a demonstrated commitment to the pedagogy of African
language education.

Harvard University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity
Employer. Applications from women and members of minority
groups are strongly encouraged. Candidates should
send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, names of references,
samples of written material, teaching evaluation materials,
and a brief summary of research interests to: Professor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Department of Afro-American
Studies Harvard University 12 Quincy Street Cambridge,
MA 02138

Workshop Convener, Resource Persons CODESRIA/SEPHIS
2003 Extended Workshop on Social History Labor, Gender,
Class and Ethnicity September 22-October 12, 2003 Dakar,
Senegal
Deadline for Applications: May 15, 2003 The third CODESRIA/SEPHIS
Extended Workshop on New Theories and Methods in Social
History will be held from September 22 to October 12,
2003. The theme for the 2003 session is Labor, Gender,
Class and Ethnicity. The Workshop will be organized
around the comparative experiences of Africa, Latin
America, Asia and the Caribbean.

The aim of the Workshop is to bring together about 15
young historians for a period of three weeks of joint
reflection, knowledge building and training. The participants
will follow a program designed to permit them to share
experiences improve on the theoretical and methodological
quality of their work. The main objective of the Workshop
is to promote discussion and debate on recent methodological
and theoretical developments in Social History. To
this end, participants will be encouraged to carry
out their reflections in a comparative perspective.
Within this framework, participants will also be offered
practical support in sharpening their skills on how
to write an article, plan a research project, and
submit a research proposal for funding.

The workshop will be held in Dakar, Senegal. CODESRIA
will provide a stimulating and pleasant environment
within which participants selected can work. The Council
will also take care of the air travel, accommodation,
and local transport expenses of the participants.
Furthermore, a subsistence allowance to cover living
expenses will be provided. Local excursions will be
organized for the laureates in order to make their
stay more enjoyable.

The Workshop Convener will be expected to put in a total
of about six months of work before, during and after
the Workshop. Most of this time will be devoted to
the preparation of the full program for the Workshop,
the production of an accompanying bibliographic list
for the use of the participants, and the overall management
of the proceedings of the Workshop. The Convener is
responsible for all the scientific aspects of the
sessions. To this effect, the Convener, with the support
of CODESRIA and SEPHIS, will:

1. Help identify other resource persons to be invited
to help animate the Workshop 2. Participate in the
selection of the laureates 3. Prepare a detailed program
for the three-week duration of the Workshop 4. Ensure
that a course outline is prepared by the resource-persons,
in cooperation with CODESRIA; 5. Participate in the
development of a bibliography for the Workshop, in
collaboration with CODESRIA and the CODESRIA Information
and Documentation Centre (CODICE); 6. Give lectures/seminars
which relate to theoretical and methodological approaches
in Social History; 7. Give lectures on how to write
a research proposal / a book review; 8. Review and
make comments on students' individual research proposals
and/or research paper; 9. Produce a final evaluation
report of the Workshop.

CODESRIA will provide the Convener with a return air
ticket from her/his place of residence to Dakar. Accommodation
in Dakar during the three-week duration of the workshop
will be taken care of by CODESRIA. An Honorarium will
also be paid.

The resource persons are required to participate in
the Workshop by giving intensive three-day courses
on the latest developments in Social History in their
respective areas of research interest. Lectures in
the sessions of the Workshop are not expected to be
simple introductory courses, but thought-provoking
presentations that are meant to help advance the reflections
of participants on the main topic, and on their own
research topics. Resource persons are, therefore, senior
scholars or scholars in their mid-career who have published
extensively on the topic, and who have a significant
contribution to make to the debates on it.

Once selected, resource persons are required to: 1.
Submit a copy of their lectures for reproduction and
distribution to participants, not later than two weeks
before the lecture begins 2. Identify tasks which
the participants can undertake in a seminar setting
and take responsibility for conducting the seminar;
3. Deliver their lectures, participate in debates and
comment on students' research proposals.

CODESRIA shall provide to the resource persons an economy
class return ticket from their place of residence
to Dakar. An honorarium will also be paid for their
services. Furthermore, CODESRIA will also provide them
with a daily per diem which will cover their accommodation,
feeding and local transportation expenses.

Applicants for the position of Course Convener should
submit: 1. An application letter 2. A curriculum vitae
3. A two-page proposal, indicating the skeletal course
outline they hope to develop and showing in what ways
the course would be original or responsive to the
needs of prospective laureates, specifically focusing
on the issues to be covered in each sub-theme. Applications
for the position of a resource person should include:
1. An application letter 2. A curriculum vitae 4. A
one-page abstract of their proposed lectures. The deadline
for the submission of applications (to be written in
English) is 15 May, 2003 for the Director an resource
persons.

Winrock International: Irrigated Rice Specialist-Mali
Winrock International is a private, non-profit organization
that seeks to increase economic opportunity, agricultural
productivity, rural employment, and protect the environment.
The organization heads programs that aim to improve
resource management to benefit the poor and disadvantaged
in some 40 countries around the world.

World Vision: Operations Director-Sierra Leone World
Vision seeks an operations director for Sierra Leone.
The operations director is responsible to lead, support
and coordinate field operations of World Vision Sierra
Leone, to ensure that they are efficient and effective,
and meet the goals and objectives of World Vision
and community partners as laid out in the annual operations
plan and grant agreements.

The position requires a M.A. or postgraduate degree
in development related subjects, strong oral and written
communication skills as well as good cross-cultural
communication skills. Computer literacy, including
word processing and spreadsheet skills, knowledge
of and commitment to the ethos, core values and mission
statement of World Vision are also necessary. Please
send resumes and cover letters to: International Recruiting
World Vision US Suite 270 220 I Street, NE Washington,
DC 20002

Browne Global Solutions: Interpreters Browne Global
Solutions is a language company that hires out freelance
interpreters for immigration court all across the
US. We are currently in need of speakers of many African
languages including but not limited to: Soninke, Fula/Fulani,
Hausa, Ewe, Twi, Wolof, Hassaniya, Songo, Bambara,
Mandingo, Malinke, Bassa, Nubian, etc.